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VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at 'age-gate' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by James Rodger | get NordVPN VPN Service → | tags: vpn, uk government, ofcom

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After Belfast riots, UK reminds social platforms they're obligated to remove hateful content (engadget.com)

2026-06-10 | by Daniel Cooper | get Content Moderation Toolkit → | tags: attack, image, musk

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Porn company fined £600,000 by Ofcom over age check failings (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-27 | tags: ofcom, osa, age check

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Meta, Snap and Roblox commit to tougher anti-grooming measures in UK (engadget.com)

2026-05-21 | by Mariella Moon | get Online Safety Monitoring Software → | tags: meta, snap, roblox

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TikTok and YouTube 'not safe enough' for kids, says Ofcom (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-21 | get Kids' Parental Control App → | tags: tiktok, youtube, ofcom

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X, a bastion for hate, claims it will reduce hate content in the UK (engadget.com)

2026-05-15 | by Devindra Hardawar | tags: elon musk, ofcom, twitter

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X pledges quicker action on hate and terror content in the UK (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-15 | get Twitter Safety Toolkit → | tags: ofcom, online harm, terror content

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X agrees to crack down on illegal hate and terror content in the UK (theverge.com)

2026-05-15 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: ofcom, terror content, reporting

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Meta brings High Court challenge over Ofcom fees (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-07 | get Meta Legal Defense Kit → | tags: meta, ofcom, monica carss-frisk

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Ofcom investigating Telegram over child sexual abuse material concerns (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-04-21 | tags: ofcom, telegram, csam

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UK probes Telegram, teen chat sites over CSAM sharing concerns (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-21 | get Telegram Premium Subscription → | tags: telegram, ofcom, csam

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Fewer UK adults posting on social media, Ofcom finds (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-04-02 | tags: ofcom, social media, navarra

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Apple age verification failing for some – here’s what to try (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-26 | by Ben Lovejoy | get iPhone Screen Time Settings → | tags: apple, ios 26.4, app store

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Apple begins age checks in the UK with latest iOS update (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-25 | get iPhone Age Verification Kit → | tags: apple, ios, app store

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UK regulator Ofcom welcomes Apple age verification in iOS 26.4 (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-25 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Apple Age Verification Kit → | tags: ofcom, apple ios 26.4, online safety act

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Apple introduces age verification for iCloud accounts in the UK (engadget.com)

2026-03-25 | get iCloud Age Verification Tool → | tags: apple, ios 26.4, ofcom

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UK's Ofcom has today fined 4chan £450k for not having age checks in place (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-19 | get 4chan Age Verification Software → | tags: ofcom, 4chan, age checks

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UK fines 4chan nearly $700,000 for failing its online safety act obligations (engadget.com)

2026-03-19 | get 4chan Safety Compliance Guide → | tags: ofcom, 4chan, online safety act

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This $30 smart router with a built-in VPN is the travel gadget I didn't know I needed (zdnet.com)

2026-03-12 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Smart Router → | tags: gl-mt300n-vpn, glinet, amazon

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No 10 welcomes reports X is addressing Grok deepfakes (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-14 | get Deepfake → | tags: grok, images, keir

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UK Officials could face US entry ban over Twitter policy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-14 | by .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow | get Twitter policy → | tags: government, grok, images

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X could 'lose right to self regulate', says Starmer (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-13 | get Software → | tags: grok, illegal, images

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What a new law and an investigation could mean for Grok AI deepfakes (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-12 | get Deepfake → | tags: government, grok, images

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UK pushes up a law criminalizing deepfake nudes in response to Grok (theverge.com)

2026-01-12 | by Jay Peters | get Deepfake → | tags: grok, illegal, illegal content

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Ofcom investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-12 | tags: grok, images, ofcom

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UK regulator Ofcom opens a formal investigation into X over CSAM scandal (engadget.com)

2026-01-12 | get Content Moderation System → | tags: children, deepfakes, grok

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Malaysia and Indonesia are the first to block Grok following CSAM scandal (engadget.com)

2026-01-12 | get Cloudflare → | tags: children, deepfakes, grok

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UK Orders Ofcom to Explore Encryption Backdoors (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-10 | by Cam Wakefield | get Encryption backdoors → | tags: encrypted, government, just

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X could face UK ban over deepfakes, minister says (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-09 | get Deepfake → | tags: grok, image, images

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Decide on X ban within days, government tells regulator (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-09 | get Blockchain → | tags: grok, images, musk